Hinge for shields.



L. 0. SIELING.

HINGE FOR SHIELDS.

APPLIQATION FILEDJUNE a. ma.

Patented Feb. 25, 1919.

INVENTOR zw/mJ/M WITNESSES,

ATTORNEY Ivnmrls Plrsis LOUIS O. SIELING, 0F PERHAM, MINNESOTA.

HINGE FOR SHIELDS. I

Specification of Letters Patent.

' Patented Feb. 25, 1919.

Application filed June 8, 1918. Serial No. 238,916.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LOUIS O. SIELING, a citizen of the United States, residing at Perham, in the county of Ottertail and State of Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hinges for Shields, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to manure spreaders, and more especially to the shields thereof; and the object of the same is to produce an improved hinge for such a shield. To this end the invention consists in the details hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

One practical form of construction of the present invention, together with a slight modification of supporting means therefor, will be hereinafter described, and is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which- Figure l is a side elevation of the shield showing the same carried upon a manure spreader.

Fig. 2 is an elevation of the interior of the device.

In the preferred embodiment of the present invention, about to be described, 6 indicates in general the shield.

In order to illustrate the operation of the shield, the spreader is indicated in general at 1 1.

A bar 17 is carried by the spreader 14: and the shield 6 is retained by elements 19 upon the bar 17. Thus it will be seen that the lower portion of the shield is supported. The upper portions of the shield are held in position by means of hinge connections, shown in Figs. 1 and 2. Each hinge section comprises a retained section 20 secured in any suitable manner to the upper end of the beam 17 A substantially U-shaped section 21 is pivotally mounted upon the retained section 20 and has a foot 22 bearing upon the top wall 8 to which the feet of the two hinge sections are permanently secured. A bolt 23 passes through the U- shaped portion 21 of each hinge section and carries a nut 24 bearing upon a spring 25. Thus it will be seen that as the nuts 2e are screwed onto the bolts 23, the tension of the springs will cause the. upper portion of the shield to be supported. Increased movement of the nuts will cause the sections 21 of the hinges to be slightly collapsed, thus shifting the upper portion of the shield slightly inwardly toward the vertical bar 17 in this way slightly adjusting the position of the shield.

The foregoing description and the drawings have reference to what may be considered the preferred, or approved, form of my invention, together with a slight modification thereof. It is to be understood that I may make such changes in construction and arrangement and combination of parts, materials, dimensions, et cetera, as may prove expedient and fall within the scope of the appended claims.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In combination with a support having a member movably mounted thereon, of a hinge connected to said support and member, said hinge being in the form of a resilient strip for normally urging the member away from said support, and means for compressing the hinge for urging said mem ber toward said support.

2. In combination with a support having a member movably mounted thereon, of a substantially U-shaped hinged member connected to said support and member, whereby said hinged member will normally urge said member away from said support, and means for compressing the hinge member for urging the first mentioned member toward said support.

3. In combination with a support having a movable member, a hinge comprising a retained section and an U-shaped section pivotally connected to the retained section, said hinge being connected to said support and member, a bolt passing through the U- shaped section, a spring carried by said bolt and bearing upon the U-shaped section, a nut carried by said bolt, whereby the U- shaped section may be collapsed by the adjustment of said nut for moving said member toward said support, although said spring will allow the U-shaped section to expand when undue pressure is brought to bear upon said member. I

4;. In combinationwith a support having a member movably mounted thereon, of a substantially U-shaped hinge member 0011- nected to said support and member, whereby said hinge member will normally urge said member away from said support, a boltpass ing through said U-shaped hinge member end. means carried by said bolt for compress- 111g said hinge member for urging the first mentioned member toward said support.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of tWo Witnesses.

LOUIS O. SIELING.

Witnesses:

A. G; SoHWANzRooK, JOE GoHLIRsoH.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five centseach, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. 03" 

